We all know that Google AdSense is one of the best recurring monetization networks for any blog or website.
I started blogging in 2008 and implemented AdSense on ShoutMeLoud in 2009.
If you have read my earlier article on how I make money with ShoutMeLoud, you know that I have never focused on AdSense as my main source of online income. I have earned more with affiliate marketing and services that I offer, and AdSense represents only a small part of my online income.
- ShoutMeLoud’s December 2016 Income Report: $34,390
- A Blogger’s 5 Year Affiliate Earnings forInspiration: $80,410
It’s 2017 now, and I wanted to share my AdSense earnings report for the last seven years. I believe this will be helpful to many bloggers, and help them figure out if they can rely on AdSense for their online income or not.
Before I share my AdSense earnings report, do remember:
- This report includes all the blogs in my network.
Update: As promised, the Google AdSense Mastery Guide eBook is out!
7-Year AdSense Earnings:
If you are new to AdSense, you can refer to this AdSense guide and learn how to create an AdSense account. My AdSense journey started in January 2009, and I received my first payment in the first week of May 2009. It was $179.77, and honestly, I can’t begin to express the joy I had when I was holding my first AdSense check!
Here is my AdSense income 2009-2012:
- 2009 – $1,860.05
- 2010 – $7,235.44
- 2011 – $10,771.13
- 2012 – $6,884.83
Update: AdSense Income Report Until February 2017: (Approximately 3.1 Million INR)
From January 2009 – February 2017, I have earned $47,402 from AdSense on all of my blogs.
As all of you in India know, Google sends us our AdSense check in INR, and the conversion rate varies every month. Here I’m taking $1=66 INR as an average conversion rate. With that, the total AdSense earnings for seven years is approximately 31 Lakh INR.
You can click on the above image to see the full view. If you notice in the product column, “Hosted AdSense for Content” earned $571.27. While it is not much, this comes from the AdSense-YouTube partnership. I also earn from AdSense ads running on YouTube videos on my YouTube channel.
To be honest, my one-year affiliate income report for any individual network is much better than my four-year combined earnings from AdSense, but as I always say: AdSense gives us peace of mind.
When you are earning online, recurring income is the first thing that you should target.
Once you are within your income comfort zone, you can try to implement new methods of earning money from your blog.
When it comes to contextual advertising, there are many AdSense alternatives out there. But the quality of the ads and the timeliness of payments you get with Google AdSense aren’t available anywhere else.
Also see: A Blogger’s 5-Year Affiliate Earnings for Inspiration: $80,410
Can you rely on AdSense income as a full-time/sole source of income?
The reason I’m sharing my 7 years of AdSense earnings with you is to give you an idea of how much a blogger can earn from AdSense.
As I told you before, my AdSense earnings are only a small portion of my total income, but I know many bloggers who are making more than 3-4 lakh (between $4,700-$6,300 USD) every month with AdSense on tech blogs.
If I consider the salary of an average software engineer in India, I find AdSense earnings to be more tempting than a traditional salary. The only downside of relying only on AdSense for income is that if your account gets banned at any point in time, you will be hunting for the best suitable alternative, which is a “traditional” job.
If you are someone who is planning to start a blog and earn from AdSense, my advice to you would be:
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
If you are planning to make blogging a career, it is a good idea to have multiple sources of income. You can have multiple blogs, or you can use different monetization methods like Media.net, intext Ads (Infolinks), CPM ads, affiliate marketing (web hosting affiliates, Viglink), and many others.
So that sums up my seven-year AdSense journey. I will continue to share whatever I learn during my blogging journey with you on my blogs.
I would be interested to know how much on average you earn from AdSense in a year. Would you recommend to anyone considering blogging as a full-time career to rely on AdSense earnings? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Hi Harsh,
I was looking for some extra income by blogging through Blogspot and somebody told me about Adsence. I found your blog while searching for some answers regarding Adsence use and earnings and frankly speaking the information you shared is inspiring and helpful. Hope I will be able to make use of them well.
Congratulations Harsh 🙂
just yesterday i my AdSense account was approved.
i hope i have an earning same as yours in the future 🙂
Where are adsense ads. I have not found any adsense ads on your website.
Oh my! Your Income break down firing me to work harder and harder to grow my online income. Please support me…
that was so incredible, i’m so envy looking your earning 😉
Hi, How much one can make from Bluehost referral if monthly 100,000 page views?
As Adsense Player, we must use all element provided by Google and combine them to make money. All element or Google Product such as Youtube, Play Store, G Plus, and Blogger, all of them if we use wisely they will make a lot of Adsense earning and boost it for us.
How to check youtube earnings in adsense and which earning is correct youtube analytics or in hosted accounts in adsense
i want to ask you a question. can i link my website,blog and youtube channel in same adsense account or need a different account ??
Yes Sure!
You don’t need to have different Adsense accounts.
It is quite inspiring HARSH see your results with the adsene, long this was one of the best ways to make money online and is still a good source, but now with better results with tapered CPA programs, cost per action where seeing Products branch with adsense have not achieved great results because you need a lot of traffic in site.Mas knowing how to make a good niche of choice is still possible to have a good income with adsense believe.
Hey Harsh !!
I can’t explain how much this post inspired me and yeah adsense really rocks. I totally agree with your these lines ‘we can’t express our fellings when we have our own first adsense cheque’ this means alot. I’m not from a rich family so yeah i understand what this all means in our life and yeah I’m still not of 18 lol. So I fell really bleseed when I give my cheque to my mom.
Aww I love blogging & Adsense.
Thank you Harsh.
Thank you Adsense… 🙂
I’m a newbie in blogging and your post has been always an inspirational for me. I’m totally baffled and surprised to know the huge possibilities of earnings from the Adsense. Unfortunately something very seriously is missing in my blogging career as after implementing Adsense for last 7 months, so far my account shows totally earning as just $15. Can I ask you to give some advice to crack the nut ?
Thanks buddy. God bless you.
Great harsh! I’m inspired by you and started catchgadget.com ; Now it gets about 500 PV per day and started growing. Wait some years and you will see mine as a competitor !
Aravind
Good to hear that mate & I wish you luck 🙂
Great to read. I’ve just started to play around with adsense and was wondering how far I could take it….
Great going bro, it shows your blog capability of generating recurring income amazing.
Honestly, I am inspired. At first, I thought it was not realistic but now, I will do everything possible to earn little from adsense too. Thanks for this encouragement
Hey Jeshurun,
You are welcome. 🙂
Hello Harsh
Im totally new person in this online earning really i want your help…but i wanted to to know in this blog i didt seen any adsense add thn how you earn through adsense….
Hey Ali,
I don’t run Adsense on ShoutMeLoud. I have it on other few blogs which I have.
What is the reason for not running Adsense Ads on Shoutmeloud.com ?
Please clear my Doubts !
@Faraz
Coz I know better monetization techniques than AdSense.
Can we know there other monetization techniques you have
@Suman
This will give you complete idea of other monetization techniques I use https://www.shoutmeloud.com/how-i-make-money-with-shoutmeloud.html
It is amazing feeling after knowing that earnings from Adsense… I am following this blog from last few months and I can truly say that you are doing wonderful job Harsh. I am very motivated after reading articles on your blog.
sir abtak ke meri total earning 620 $ hai usme se mere accournt 127 $ dt. 21 oct.2016 ko transfer huve hai aur aaj 320 $ transfer huve hai to baki ke 173 $ ka kya huva hoga pls help me…..
Finally got approved because of your articles related to adsense approval. Seeing for adsense suggestion.
Thanks Harsh for sharing earning report. I am also new blogger and my blogging language is hindi. My google adsense account fully approved within a month and that time i have only 14 post on my blog. I am using blogspot platform. Pls see my website. But problem is that I am not making with this google adsense account . pls guide… cpc is very low around 0.05$ .
This month I’m gonna receive my first adsense earning! I’m excited!!
wow congratulation
Hello Harsh Sir, I am a big fan of the articles that you write here. I just have one very basic question that how much time does it takes for the search engines to recognise your website and can I start making money from the first day onwards. ?
@Shivam
If your post quality stuff daily, you can expect up to one month for your blog to start getting traction. If you have no experience before, it would take 1-2 month to start seeing money from blogging.
I don’t think adsense is helpful in India anymore, unless the traffic is huge. Hope you can share other ways, how to go about alternative ways now, in 2017, when adsense revenue here is going down, at least in my case.
Really good information it quite rare nobody shares their AdSense information in public. thanx for inspiring the bloggers once again… a big thumb up..
Harsh you are inspiration for us..
I Think This Adsense Report Inspire New Bloggers for Keep Blogging because Blogging Needs Time and Knowledge.
Thanks for all Tutorial Posts … on Your Website
Congrts Harsh! Hope for some more in upcoming years.
Congratulations sir.
Hello Harsh sir, It’s been 4 years in digital industry and you are the reason that keeps me following up my dreams. You are a great inspiration for all of us and hope you keep inspiring us.
thank you so much harsh bhai for sharing this motivational information for any blogger , so that every blogger can learn that “if you work with your passion no one can stop you”
While I was browsing I here about Shoutmeloud and checked the site. After reading most of the content, I too started writing a blog. Your content helped me in a lots of multiple factors. Thanks for your awesome content. Keep sharing us.
Hi Harsh,
That’s really inspiring. Yes, AdSense gives you peace of mind. But it takes a while to get substantial results from AdSense.
However, I would also like to mention that nothing can beat AdSense in some particular niches.
Thanks Harsh for sharing your Adsense revenue. I aggree with your advice of not putting all eggs in one basket. Its very important to have multiple sources of income. When I start monetizing my blog, I’ll make sure to diversify.
Congrats Mr Harsh for your awesome Adsense Earnings. Thanks for sharing this experience.
hey, can any one tell me my last month income on Google AdSense is 204.5 $ and I received 198.5 $? every month I received full amount but this month on Aug. I received 6$ less why! can any one tell what the reasons behind of this?
Congratulations harsh. Last month I have made a record! From April 2011 – October 2017, I have earned $50,000 from Google AdSense.
Here is my earning report: https://blog.masudurrashid.com /google-adsense-and-my-career/
Keep blogging. 🙂